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It’s hard to imagine with the weather we’ve been having, but the Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers that the dates for removing their ice shanties are approaching. In the Upper Peninsula, shanties must be removed by midnight March 31. In the northern Lower Peninsula, ice shanties need to …

Small business owners that hire unemployed veterans would be eligible for tax credits under a veterans’ employment initiative introduced in the state Senate this week by Democrat Vincent Gregory of Southfield. The Hire MI Heroes Act, which will also be introduced by Democrats in the House, will provide Michigan businesses …

Governor Rick Snyder has signed legislation setting the date of the Michigan presidential primary to March 8, 2016. The bills move the statewide presidential primary from the fourth Tuesday in February to the second Tuesday in March going forward. They also move the regular February election to the second Tuesday …

The Children’s Trust Fund Board of Directors has approved more than $1.2 million in grants to seven Michigan community-based organizations to support local child abuse prevention initiatives–including the Keweenaw Family Resource Center in the Upper Peninsula. All $175,000 grants are for a four-year period. The winning grant proposals were selected …

A special election is set for May 5th for the recall of three Gladstone City Commissioners. Hugo Mattonen, Joe Maki, and Dave Nemecheck were targeted for recall because they voted last year to raise the city’s millage without having a public hearing. The city commission said at the time that …

Republican National Committeewoman Ronna Romney McDaniel is the new chair of the Michigan Republican Party. McDaniel, a party activist from Northville and niece of Michigan native and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was elected by convention delegates on Saturday, holding off two tea party challengers. In her acceptance speech, McDaniel …

Good news for Michigan Tech–sponsored research is up, according to a report presented at the Michigan Tech Board of Control. Tech saw an increase of 46% during the second quarter of the current fiscal year compare to the same time last year. This number includes funds from federal and state …

Want to help out with this summer’s Houghton County Fair? The folks at the fair are looking for one or two volunteers to be superintendents in the Floriculture Department in the Open Indoor Division. The job would entail taking in entries before the fair begins, sorting the exhibits into classes …

The Department of Natural Resources has verified video evidence of a cougar in Upper Michigan. According to the DNR Wildlife Division, this is the 28th time that cougar evidence has been verified in the U.P. since 2008. The footage was taken by two hunters from Remus with the use of …

With the winter of 2015 wearing on with increasingly frigid temperatures, State Fire Marshal Richard Miller is urging fire safety for all Michiganders, especially the elderly who are most at risk when it comes to fire. Miller says that non-working or missing smoke alarms are the common reasons for many …